-
Are Librarians Really Worth It?
http://www.ccsd.net/schools/watson/libraryresearch.html
Facts that support the effectiveness school libraries and school
librarians.
-
Bookhounds to Cybersluths
http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story130805.html
Librarians say their job as sifters and organizers of knowledge
hasn't changed, but how they do that job has.
- Elementary
and Secondary Schools: The Role, Challenges and Financial
Conditions of School and School Library Resources in Canada 
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/9/14/index-e.html
Share this report with fellow teacher-librarians and administrators.
- School
Libraries That Work!
http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/printables/downloads/slw_2006.pdf
A Research Foundation Paper 24 page pdf file.
- Literacy
Partners
http://www.alsde.edu/general/LiteracyPartners.pdf
A Principal's Guide to an Effective Library Media Program for the
21st Century by the Alabama school media association. In PDF format.
Some interesting checklists for t-ls.
- School
Library Journal
http://slj.reviewsnews.com/
On-line articles, library links, indexes to print journal.
- Teacher
Librarian
http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/index.html
The journal for school library professionals.
- IP:
Services for Libraries
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum45.00.00/
Issues, advocacy, organizing the web articles and web links. (Note:
copyright information is for the U.S.)
- InfoSearcher
www.infosearcher.com/
A compilation of reference sites for the cybrarian. Many links and
definitions used in the field.
- Beyond
Proficiency: Essentials of a Distinguished Library Media Program
Lists evaluation of proficiencies of the skills and professionalism
required of library media specialist aka teacher-librarians. Use this
as a measure of your level of development in the role.
- A
12 Point Library/Media Program Checklist for Building Administrators
http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/checklist.html
A checklist for administrators of the Library Program. Teacher-Librarians
can use this as a checklist to plan their program.
- Writings
and tools for media specialists by Doug Johnson
http://www.doug-johnson.com
- LRS
School Library Media Impact Studies
http://www.lrs.org/impact.asp
Library Research Services studies conducted in Alaska, Colorado,
and Pennsylvania in 2000 show that school media libraries and libraries
help kids perform better in standardized tests.
- Colorado
Study Documents
http://www.lrs.org/school_stats.asp
Summaries, brochures, and order information for the complete study
available.
- Student
Learning Through Ohio State Libraries: The Ohio Research
http://www.oelma.org/studentlearning/default.asp
-
How School Librarians Help Schools Achieve Standards - The Second Colorado
Study
http://www.lrs.org/documents/lmcstudies/CO/execsumm.pdf
Eight page pdf format document relating importance of libraries
and librarians and media staff in effecting the increase of test scores.
- Proof
of the Power - Fast Facts
http://lrs.org/documents/fastfacts/164proof.pdf
Twelve page pdf format document summarizing the importance of libraries
and school librarians for improvement in literacy.
- Powering
Achievement: School Library Media Programs Make a Difference
http://www.lmcsource.com/tech/power/power.htm
One, five, and fifteen minute PowerPoint slide presentations on
school library programs and building literacy.
-
IMPACT for Administrators: A Resource for Evaluating Media and Technology
Programs and Personnel
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/impact/admin/double.pdf
An 80 page pdf file outlining the importance of the media and technology
programs in school achievement of students.
-
Texas School Libraries
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/libraries/
Documents also available in pdf file
- The
Impact of School Library Media Centers on Academic Achievement.
http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/colo.html
ERIC Digest. Author: Lance, Keith Curry - Summary of the study.
- New
Study Shows Impact of School Libraries, Librarians On Students
http://www.tcps.k12.md.us/memo/col.html
Brief summary of the findings for the study.
-
Information Literacy and the Essential School Library
http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/resources/view/ces_res/147
Active learning requires students to ask the right questions-then
to find, evaluate, and use information from a flood of newly accessible
resources. Coaching in those skills lies at the heart of a thoughtful
and rigorous curriculum, and gives the school library an important new
role.
-
Partner in Learning: The School Library Media Center
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/toolkits/partnerlearning.htm
Fact sheet from the ALA.
- Information
Power: Buildiing Partnerships for Learning
Roles and responsibilities of the the School Library Media Specialist
- Student
Achievement
http://www.ala.org/aasl/resources/achievement.html
Selected articles that discuss library and student achievement.
- No
Child Left
http://nochildleft.com/subscribe.html
Articles, cartoons, links and free subscription to newsletter about
the American No Left Behind bill.
- Minnesota
Standards for Effective School Library Media Programs
http://www.memoweb.org/htmlfiles/links.html#standards
46 pdf file that outlines the standards of the library media program
and documentation of improved literacy with strong library support.
- Nexus
of Knowledge
http://www.nwrel.org/nwedu/09-01
The research is clear: When a professionally trained and certified school
librarian collaborates with teachers, works with kids one-to-one, teaches
information literacy, and reaches out to public libraries, students
in her building perform better academically.
- Harry
Potter Editorial Cartoon Collection
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/harrypotter/
Cartoons from U.S.A. papers. Excellent comments on reading, fantasy
vs reality!
- Library
Support Staff
http://librarysupportstaff.com/
- Library
Publications
An extensive listing of library related publications on
the web - journals, library serials/publications, library articles.
- ERIC
Digest
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/index/2001-6-19.html
List of recent ERIC digests on topics and research in education.
- AFT
- American Federation of Teachers
http://www.aft.org/index.htm
Links to on-line journals.
- Understanding
Information Literacy
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/UnderLit/index.html
Article to support the library program.
-
Information Literacy
http://www.ala.org/aasl/resources/infolit.html
Links to Information Literacy articles.
-
Media, Research and Technology Curriculum
http://k12.albemarle.org/technology/it/MRT/MRTCurriculum.pdf
28 page pdf file of skills by grade.
- Mem
Fox
http://www.memfox.net/
Click through the pages of her site to hear Mem Fox read from her book
"Reading Magic". You will learn about her teaching
of the importance of reading 3 books a day to your child to lead your
child to literacy.
- School
Library Web Page Award
http://www.iasl-slo.org/web_winners.html
Review the winning web pages and the criteria for selection.
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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
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